Delivering the highest standard of orthopaedic care

with personal attention to each patient!

Christopher L. Elder, M.D.

Dr. Elder has been in practice at Asheville Orthopaedic Associates since 2002. Originally from New Jersey, he is a graduate of Yale University and Cornell
Medical School, and performed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is married to Teresa Elder and has two sons, Charlie and Christopher.

Dr. Elder is a general orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine, with a focus on shoulder, knee, and hip surgeries.
He is one of the few surgeons in North Carolina performing hip arthroscopies on a regular basis.